From: Chris Holt <amiga2k_at_cox.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 12:26:26 -0400

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 17:34:14 +0200, Martin Borus wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if it is sensible to turn on the red HD LED light
> whenever the drive is spinning (opposed to whenever there's a hard disc
> access as it's now)
>
> This way you would immediately know if it's safe to turn off the unit
> with one glance - without having the to pause the unit or holding it to
> the ear to find out if it's still spinning.
>
>
> Regards
> Martin

Why is it not safe to turn off with the drive spinning? I can understand
(and hear) the problem when the drive is being accessed, because it makes
a little "spin down" sound. But otherwise, it doesn't make a peep when I
turn it off with no light.

And you can set the spindown time with rockbox and just wait that long
after last activity indication. Like 5s by default, right?

Chris
Received on 2003-08-01